Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates5–10 September
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shamil Khisamutdinov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stoyan Apostolov  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gian-Matteo Ranzi  Italy
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Medalists

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Gold Shamil Khisamutdinov
  Soviet Union
Silver Stoyan Apostolov
  Bulgaria
Bronze Gian-Matteo Ranzi
  Italy

Tournament results

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The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend
  • DNA — Did not appear
  • TPP — Total penalty points
  • MPP — Match penalty points
Penalties
  • 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
  • 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
  • 1 — Won by Points
  • 2 — Draw
  • 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
  • 3 — Lost by Points
  • 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
  • 4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 3   Veikko Lavonen (FIN)   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) 1 1
1 1   Mohammad Dalirian (IRI)   Sotirios Nakos (GRE) 3 3
4 4   Andrzej Supron (POL) 5:58   Simion Popescu (ROU) 4 4
0 0   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 6:29   Mohamed Gaber (EGY) 4 4
0 0   Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) 8:26   Josef Brötzner (AUT) 4 4
4 4   Robert Buzzard (USA) 7:19   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) 0 0
0 0   Heinz Rhyn (SUI) 7:37   Ole Sorensen (CAN) 4 4
0 0   Takashi Tanoue (JPN) 6:47   Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) 4 4
0 0   Antal Steer (HUN) 4:00   Alberto Bremauntz (MEX) 4 4
2.5 2.5   Sreten Damjanović (YUG)   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) 2.5 2.5
3 3   Djan-Aka Djan (AFG)   Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) 1 1
0   Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) Bye

Round 2

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
4 4   Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) 5:32   Veikko Lavonen (FIN) 4 7
1 0   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) 2:32   Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) 4 5
7 4   Sotirios Nakos (GRE) 8:38   Andrzej Supron (POL) 0 4
8 4   Simion Popescu (ROU) 5:07   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 0 0
0 0   Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) 5:32   Robert Buzzard (USA) 4 8
7.5 3.5   Josef Brötzner (AUT)   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) 0.5 0.5
4 4   Heinz Rhyn (SUI) 7:45   Takashi Tanoue (JPN) 0 0
8 4   Ole Sorensen (CAN) 1:00   Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) 0 4
3 3   Antal Steer (HUN)   Sreten Damjanović (YUG) 1 3.5
8 4   Alberto Bremauntz (MEX) 5:17   Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) 0 3
2.5 0   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) 5:05   Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) 4 5
4   Gaber Mohamed (EGY) DNA

Round 3

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
8 4   Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) 8:31   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) 0 1
9 4   Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) 2:26   Andrzej Supron (POL) 0 4
1 1   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)   Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) 3 3
0.5 0   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) 8:15   Heinz Rhyn (SUI) 4 8
3 3   Takashi Tanoue (JPN)   Antal Steer (HUN) 1 4
8 4   Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) 6:50   Sreten Damjanović (YUG) 0 3.5
2.5 0   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) 4:08   Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) 4 7
5   Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) Bye

Round 4

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
9 4   Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) 2:56   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) 0 1
8 4   Andrzej Supron (POL) 8:10   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 0 1
6 3   Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR)   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) 1 1.5
3 0   Takashi Tanoue (JPN) 8:28   Sreten Damjanović (YUG) 4 7.5
6 2   Antal Steer (HUN)   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) 2 4.5

Round 5

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
4 3   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL)   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 1 2
2.5 1   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)   Takashi Tanoue (JPN) 3 6
4.5   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) Bye

Round 6

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
7.5 3   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) 1 5
2.5 0.5   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) 3.5 6

Final

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Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 3   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL)   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 1 1

Final standings

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  1.   Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
  2.   Stoyan Apostolov (BUL)
  3.   Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)
  4.   Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
  5.   Takashi Tanoue (JPN)
  6.   Antal Steer (HUN) and   Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR)

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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